Newspaper ad gives DBPD leads, man arrested

A Daytona Beach man with five open warrants for auto theft and fleeing and eluding was arrested Sunday as a result of newspaper advertisements, police said.

By JULIE MURPHYjulie.murphy@news-jrnl.com

DAYTONA BEACH — A Daytona Beach man with five open warrants for auto theft and fleeing and eluding was arrested Sunday as a result of newspaper advertisements, police said.Victor Gaines, 23, was arrested shortly after midnight Saturday, according to a report released by the Daytona Beach Police Department. “Due to (an) advertisement in the newspaper, information was learned as to the whereabouts of Gaines,” the report states. “He was arrested.”Gaines is accused of stealing a car from the Daytona Mazda dealership on March 11.An ad offering a $5,000 reward and carrying a color picture of Gaines ran in The New-Journal over the weekend. Gaines was booked into the Volusia County Branch Jail on two counts of grand theft auto, burglary, possession of a controlled substance and two counts of driving with an expired license. He was being held without bail Sunday night.